Celeron N2930 vs A8-3500M

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Aggregate performance score

A8-3500M
2011
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
0.88
+37.5%
Celeron N2930
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 7 Watt
0.64

A8-3500M outperforms Celeron N2930 by a substantial 38% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-3500M and Celeron N2930 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25612771
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Celeron
Power efficiency2.378.61
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)
Release date14 June 2011 (13 years ago)23 February 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-3500M and Celeron N2930 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.5 GHz1.83 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.16 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)56K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm22 nm
Die size228 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-3500M and Celeron N2930 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFS1FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3500M and Celeron N2930. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620Gno data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Smart Connectno data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

A8-3500M and Celeron N2930 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3500M and Celeron N2930 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3500M and Celeron N2930. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 6620G (444 MHz)Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data854 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-3500M and Celeron N2930 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-3500M and Celeron N2930.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data4
USB revisionno data3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A8-3500M 0.88
+37.5%
Celeron N2930 0.64

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A8-3500M 1400
+37.7%
Celeron N2930 1017

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A8-3500M 231
+42.6%
Celeron N2930 162

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A8-3500M 620
+30.3%
Celeron N2930 476

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A8-3500M 1586
+40.2%
Celeron N2930 1132

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A8-3500M 5170
+33.2%
Celeron N2930 3880

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A8-3500M 2256
+1.9%
Celeron N2930 2214

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A8-3500M 24.09
+13.1%
Celeron N2930 27.25

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A8-3500M 2
+19.7%
Celeron N2930 2

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.88 0.64
Integrated graphics card 0.88 0.77
Recency 14 June 2011 23 February 2014
Chip lithography 32 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 7 Watt

A8-3500M has a 37.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 14.3% faster integrated GPU.

Celeron N2930, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

The A8-3500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N2930 in performance tests.


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